shanethebrain Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) CocaCola sponsoring research on soda as part of your diet The Sugar Industry blaming fats not sugar Big tobacco says tobacco is good for your health Any more examples? Turns out people are far more skeptical about research sponsored by corporations. https://www.quarkish.com/2017/05/08/people-dont-trust-research-sponsored-by-corporations/ Link Study done by Michigan State Edited May 10, 2017 by shanethebrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 That is not surprising, is it? The good news is that is a rule to indicate sources of funding and affiliations (as well as conflict of interest) in publication. The issue is if the authors hide those links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanethebrain Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 I guess i'd be interested in finding ways to have corporate sponsored research be more readily accepted. Sort of like a code of conduct that has to be followed for sponsored researched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 There are code of conducts, but with sufficient incentives people break it (regardless of being corporate or not). But even if they do follow it, there is no good reason to immediately accept the conclusions of individual studies. Passing peer-review is the low bar. The real test for studies in general is independent validation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB of CJ Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 If somebody pays for it, then it is tainted. How this would be corrected in pure research is a good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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